Ω Omega - Radio

Ω Omega - Radio keeps things simple: it's a Russian station, it streams, and it doesn't ask much of you. No genre tag pinned to the masthead, no manifesto. Just radio. That's rare in a country where the dial is crowded with tightly formatted pop and talk outlets, each one built to keep you from touching the dial. What you get here is closer to the older idea of the medium: a signal you leave running while you work, cook, or stare out a window at a grey afternoon. The setlist wanders. Russian radio has a deep pop history to draw on, from Soviet-era estrada to the post-Soviet rock of Kino and th…